Sandbox III: Revenge of the Sandbox

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SCP Sandbox

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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a standard containment cell at Site-19, and is to be monitored at all times. Any anomalous entities attempting to exit the object are to be apprehended and returned to SCP-XXXX. Any humans attempting to exit the object are to be detained for questioning.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a pocket dimension contained within a cardboard box. All objects native to SCP-XXXX have an appearance similar to crude drawings made using pencil and paper, however most objects are still capable of functioning in the same way a non-anomalous version of the object would. Removal of an object from inside SCP-XXXX will cause it to transform into non-anomalous paper until returned to the anomaly.

SCP-XXXX can only be entered by opening the top of the box. The entryway is located 20km above the surface inside SCP-XXXX.

Notable objects within SCP-XXXX

SCP-XXXX-A: Humanoid entities that make up the main inhabitants of SCP-XXXX. Instances possess a thin, circular head, upon which are two dots functioning as eyes, and a large mouth. Connected to the bottom of the head are three thin, cylindrical appendages, which function as a body and two arms. The body splits into two additional appendages at the bottom which function as legs. Appendages display a wide range of flexibility, with no apparent joints or bone structure.
SCP-XXXX-A instances are as durable as a non-anomalous human, and are capable of speech, eating, grasping objects, and perception of all five senses. Mental abilities appear similar to that of a human child. SCP-XXXX-A instances appear to lack a concept of gender, and reproduce by retracting their body and appendages into their head, and splitting in a manner similar to cellular mitosis. All SCP-XXXX-A instances possess a small pocket dimension accessed by reaching behind their body, which is used to store small objects.

SCP-XXXX-B: A city located within SCP-XXXX spanning an area of approximately 30km. Most buildings are shaped as rectangular prisms of varying dimensions. Roads are present throughout SCP-XXXX-B despite a lack of any form of automobiles.

SCP-XXXX-C: A nuclear power station which supplies power to SCP-XXXX-B. Possesses a single reactor connected to two cooling towers, drawn upon each of which is an "ionizing radiation" hazard symbol.

SCP-XXXX-D: A total of 27 restaurants branded as Denny's1, located throughout SCP-XXXX. No restaurants bearing any other brand have as of yet been discovered within SCP-XXXX. Along with the standard menu, SCP-XXXX-D instances serve a large selection of pancake varieties, most of which are not served by non-anomalous Denny's restaurants.

Exploration Log XXXX-1

Foreword: The purpose of this exploration was to attempt communication with an SCP-XXXX-A instance. D-4317 had been briefed on the contents of SCP-XXXX before entry. D-4317 was equipped with a standard Foundation exploration kit and a parachute, and dropped into SCP-XXXX. D-4317 landed in a field on the outskirts of SCP-XXXX-B.

[BEGIN LOG]

(D-4317 spends several seconds observing his surroundings.)

Command: D-4317, please collect a sample of the surface.

(D-4317 places a handful of soil into a sample vial. A black outline forms around the location soil was removed from the ground.)

D-4317: Feels like dirt, only difference is the color. Pure white 'till you move it around.

Command: Noted. Proceed towards the city, and locate an entity to interview.

(D-4317 proceeds towards SCP-XXXX-B. As he approaches, he is noticed by a group of SCP-XXXX-A instances. Three instances move towards D-4317.)

D-4317: I think some of the things noticed me. Jeez, they're a lot more creepy in person. Their legs move like they're made of rubber.

(The SCP-XXXX-A instances stop a short distance from D-4317 and begin talking to each other. The words are not audible from where D-4317 is standing. One instance produces a camera from behind it's back, and takes a photograph of D-4317. The instances return to SCP-XXXX-B.)

D-4317: Guess they don't want to talk.

Command: Understood. Proceed into the city. Locate a business and attempt to speak to an employee.

(D-4317 walks through SCP-XXXX-B for 11 minutes before locating an SCP-XXXX-D instance. D-4317 enters the restaurant and approaches an SCP-XXXX-A instance working at the entrance booth.2 Several SCP-XXXX-A instances in the building stare at D-4317.)

SCP-XXXX-A-1: …Well, we’re surprised you’re here, your majesty! It has been many years since our King has been seen in public!

[Pause]

D-4317: …I think you might have me confused with someone else.

SCP-XXXX-A-1: That can’t be true, only our King looks like you do!

D-4317: I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Command: Ask the entity if it can show you an image of the “king.”

D-4317: Do you have an image of the king? Like, what he looked like before today, I guess.

SCP-XXXX-A-1: Of course, your majesty, let me find one.(SCP-XXXX-A-1 produces what appears to be a smartphone from behind its back, and uses it to display an image of a male human child.)

Command: Image noted. D-4317, ask the entity what status the “king” holds in their society.

D-4317: Alright. [To SCP-XXXX-A-1] What did the king do while he was around?

SCP-XXXX-A-1: You controlled everything! Whatever you said would become real! Do you not remember?

D-4317: I told you before, I’m not the same guy. And I don't know what you're talking about with controlling everything.

Command:(Brief discussion among researchers, away from microphone.) We're going to change the topic. Ask the entity how SCP-XXXX was created.

D-4317: Do you know how this place was created? The world you live in, I mean.

SCP-XXXX-A-1: Yeah, I can tell you that. So, the King liked to draw and tell stories. He kept all of them in a box. His stories were so awesome that they came to life, and that's how the world was created.

D-4317: …Who taught you that, exactly?

SCP-XXXX-A-1: The King did. That's what he told everyone.

D-4317: He was sort of like your god, then.

SCP-XXXX-A-1: I guess so. Are you sure you're not him?

D-4317: I don't think I am. [To command.] What else should I do?

Command:(Discussion among researchers, away from microphone.) That should be enough. D-4317, please return to the location you entered SCP-XXXX. Do not attempt further interaction with the anomaly.

D-4317: If you say so.

(D-4317 exits the building, and stops at the doorway.)

D-4317: Actually, I want to try something first. I have a steak.

(A steak placed upon a table materializes in front of D-4317.)

D-4317: Huh, it actually worked.

Command: Do not interact with the anomaly without being ordered. Proceed to the exit or your collar will be detonated.

D-4317: Uh, well, the collar doesn't work anymore.

(D-4317's collar detaches.)

D-4317: Ha, ha, would you look at that. Looks like I'm the one in control. (D-4317 rotates his camera to display his face. A crown has manifested on his head.) You all better stay out of my box, now.

(D-4317 throws the camera to the side, breaking the lens. Audio continues to broadcast.)

D-4317: [Eating] Can I get this medium-rare?

[END LOG]

Addendum XXXX-1: Following the events of exploration log XXXX-1, an exploration drone was dispatched into SCP-XXXX, which disintegrated immediately upon entry. A secondary drone equipped with a Scranton Reality Anchor was dispatched into SCP-XXXX, which was able to observe the inside of SCP-XXXX for several minutes before being destroyed by gunfire.

The following changes were noted to the contents of SCP-XXXX:

A number of crude statues of D-4317 being constructed by SCP-XXXX-A instances.

Special Containment Procedures: Objects containing an instance of SCP-XXXX are to be kept suspended at least 4 meters from the edges of their container. Multiple SCP-XXXX instances may be contained in the same room. Supports used to suspend SCP-XXXX instances above the floor are not to contain any hollow spaces.

Description: SCP-XXXX is an amorphous mass which grows at approximately 50 centimeters per day. SCP-XXXX instances are only capable of growing in a space which has a width of 3 to 20 centimeters, such as the inside of a wall. An SCP-XXXX instance will grow until it has filled all available space which meets this requirement. If the space an SCP-XXXX instance is occupying is modified in such a way that it no longer meets the space requirement, the SCP-XXXX instance will begin to shrink until none of its mass is outside an area meeting the requirements. If the entirety of an SCP-XXXX instance is removed from a suitable space, it will shrink until it vanishes completely. Reconstructing a suitable container in the location an SCP-XXXX instance vanished does not cause it to regrow.

Upon filling all available space, SCP-XXXX will knock against the walls of its container by convulsing portions of its mass. This leads to a knocking noise being audible outside the object SCP-XXXX is inhabiting. The significance of this behavior is not currently understood.

New instances of SCP-XXXX can be formed by severing a portion from an existing instance. SCP-XXXX has no internal structures nor does it have any form of outer layer distinguishing its surface from its insides.

Addendum 1: SCP-XXXX was discovered in the town of Modesto, California, when Foundation agents were alerted to a potentially anomalous mass removed from a patient's stomach at a local hospital, later determined to be an instance of SCP-XXXX which had grown in the patient’s stomach. Examination of the patient's household revealed a total of seventeen instances of SCP-XXXX within various segments of the walls and floor. These sections of the building were removed and brought to Site-23 for storage.

Addendum 2: 17/3/18. Interview with patient

Interviewed: Manuel Soto

Interviewer: Dr. Garrett

Foreword: This interview was conducted after the discovery of SCP-XXXX within Soto's household.

Dr. Garrett: Any information is useful to us. What is it you were about to say?

Manuel Soto: Alright… promise you won't think I'm crazy or anything, though. So, for the past month at least, I've been hearing these… thumping sounds, coming from the walls in my house. At first, it was just this one wall in my room. It might've been there longer than that, I don't know. I didn't think much of it, because, everyone hears those noises sometimes, right? When you're all alone, in a quiet room? Anyway, over the month it's gotten… more frequent.

[Pause]

Dr. Garrett: Go on.

Manuel Soto: At first it was just one, every few days, but they started getting more and more frequent, sometimes a few thumps in a row. Thump, thump, thump. So I called a guy, maybe three or four days ago, to see if I could get it checked out. Said he'd be able to come in a couple of days. I figure, I can wait a couple days, it's just an odd noise. That night, though… I could barely sleep. Thump, thump, thump, all night long. A whole lot louder, too. Knocked some things off my shelves even. Must've been two in the morning before I finally managed to fall asleep.

[Pause]

Manuel Soto: Anyway, next morning, I wake up with this killer stomachache. I tried taking some antacids, but they didn't seem to do anything. Not to mention the walls were still thumping away at me. So I decided to come to the hospital here.

Dr. Garrett: Anything else?

Manuel Soto: I know it sounds crazy, but… I swear, it seemed like whatever's been making that noise, it knew I was about to find it.

[END LOG]

Closing Statement: Manuel Soto and involved hospital workers were amnesticised, and the damage to Soto's household was explained as the result of a termite infestation.

Addendum 3: 20/3/18. An instance of SCP-XXXX was discovered to have grown in the floor below the object’s containment cell, despite the lack of any openings between the cell and the crawl space. Special Containment Procedures have been updated to require SCP-XXXX be separated from the boundaries of the room.